But many days of fear and anxiety had driven her to the brink of losing control. She couldn’t understand why it was always the ones we loved most who inflicted the deepest hurt. I can accept that you don’t love , but I can’t accept you hurting over and over again. Mother Huang, Yang Wei—these enemies. In the end, she had even co to see Huang Xiaojue as an enemy. She hated him. She had never hated soone this much before. Extre anxiety and anger had converged into extre irrationality. She was eager to vent but could never find an outlet. Soone had to pay for this.
"Xixi... Xixi..." He just called her na. She just listened. Those two words sounded so full of deep affection, so tender and lingering, as if he had always loved and cherished her. And that was why her hatred for him was so intense, it felt as if she were bleeding inside.
"Huang Xiaojue..."
A faint warmth touched his heart.
"Huang Xiaojue, let first congratulate you on successfully climbing the social ladder. I’m sorry, I kept forgetting to congratulate you on becoming the Zhou Family’s esteed son-in-law. From now on, your path is clear to the top, and when you rise, everyone connected to you rises too..." He was taken aback.
She laughed mirthlessly. "You thought I didn’t know? Where were you when the police arrested ? You were with Zhou Ting... You’d already latched onto her back then, hadn’t you?"
"..."
"She’s wanted to get rid of for a long ti, hasn’t she? Now that I’m all alone, you thought your chance had co. Since you didn’t dare to do it yourself, you ordered your ’good buddy’ Yang Wei. Sorry to disappoint you, but I’m not dead yet..."
"..."
"Huang Xiaojue, I’m not dead yet. I’m still very much alive."
"I know you hate ; you can’t wait for to die. But Huang Xiaojue, why don’t you do it yourself? Is it entertaining to watch the show from behind the scenes?"
"..."
"If you have any more tricks up your sleeve, use them yourself next ti. No need to use others to do your dirty work. A re Yang Wei? I don’t even spare him a thought. Go back and tell him, if he dares to harbor the slightest ill intention again, I swear I’ll ruin his reputation completely..."
"..."
"Tell him not to entertain any illusions of getting away with it. I know you’re all powerful now, and I can’t afford to provoke any of you. But if worse cos to worst, we can all perish together. Who’s afraid of whom, anyway?" Her voice was laced with chilling resolve as she added, "We will all perish together!"
Perish together! The words, her words, struck him. She actually said they would perish together.
The bridge of his nose suddenly tingled, a precursor to tears, and his hand gripping the phone trembled slightly. He couldn’t utter a single word.
"I have plenty of those videos. To be frank, I’ve been prepared for a long ti. You know very well what kind of person I am. Even with Zhou Ting by your side, I’m not afraid of you. This ti, I have no intention of erging unscathed. Alright, don’t ever call again! And don’t ever contact again!"
She hung up outright. A busy signal droned from the receiver. Huang Xiaojue didn’t hang up for a long while.
All night, he sat on that long bench, just as he had when they first reunited years ago. They had been so close, yet worlds apart. He had longed to take her hand imdiately, but ultimately hadn’t dared, fearing that if he rushed things even slightly, she would turn and disappear. Back then, there had still been a chance to hold her hand. But now, he knew that chance would never co again. It would be impossible now, regardless of whether soone like Wan Donglin was in the picture or not. Never again.
His business trip was supposed to last three more days, but he cut it short and rushed back. The text ssage was from Xu Xiaoya: "Huang Xiaojue, are you really trying to push us to the brink? The Bureau of Industry and Comrce, the tax office, the fire departnt, and city inspectors are coming after us one after another. Are you even a man? Even if you hate Xixi that much, do you have to be so despicable?"
Ten years of love, and in the end, they had turned on each other, becoming complete strangers.
Xixi, this is all my fault.
The night dew had settled. He kept his eyes squeezed shut, but tears stread down his face like rain.
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